ATT Broadband Cable

[littletemple]

Does anyone know how much extra it would cost for an additional line of regular cable tv service? They are closed today so I have no way of knowing. I am currently paying for one line which I am using one tv for it. Now i want to have cable upstairs for another tv. It is too costly is it?

 

[Ladies Man]

its called cable spliter from radio shack
50 feet of cable *more or less depending on how far away the tv is*

tada
cable tv on 2 tvs... and with no bull crapping around with ATT...

 

[littletemple]

Well, yes i know that too, but I need to get two brand new lines because the ones that i have are giving out bad signal. The pictures are looking too grainy. So, they would have to put in two new lines outside the house and run them upstairs and downstairs. THen they will know that i am using 1 line for 2 tvs. Just wanna see how much it would cost for the other line. It really shouldn't cost thing because they really don't do anything, except for putting a splitter. Strange how they charge you extra for using 2 tvs.

 

[tm37]

<< Well, yes i know that too, but I need to get two brand new lines because the ones that i have are giving out bad signal. The pictures are looking too grainy. So, they would have to put in two new lines outside the house and run them upstairs and downstairs. THen they will know that i am using 1 line for 2 tvs. Just wanna see how much it would cost for the other line. It really shouldn't cost thing because they really don't do anything, except for putting a splitter. Strange how they charge you extra for using 2 tvs. >>



Call them on the one bad line. THen when that is fixed get A GOOD SPLITTER, And then run your new cable.

 

[Ladies Man]

so tell them it looks like crap and you want a new line installed

you won't get 2 lines..
just get a new line to your house and then split the connection

 

[littletemple]

The problem is, both lines are bad so they would have to replace both of them.
They are currently using a temporary line outside for now and it is still bad. They are using a temp line because my internet was bad, so they are going to replace the dropped line outside of the house. But it was the dropped line outside the house because the tv still has bad picture quality. It is probably the lines running inside the house. They would have to run it outside the house.

 

[littletemple]

I'm just wondering because i don't wanna get caught. If it ain't too costly then i would just use two lines. Anybody doing it the legit way here?

 

[Praetor]

You've got it, it is probably one of the lines running on the inside of the house, especially if it is a new drop on the outside. If you were to split the signal at the end of the drop, where enters the house, and run one leg up to the upstairs TV, you should get an excellent signal.

Doing this yourself should be kosher, but laws differ from state to state. I dunno about AT&T, but Cox only charges $21.95 to add an outlet, so I'd ask them to do it.

 

[littletemple]

Was there any additional monthly fees with 2 lines?

 

[Yzzim]

We've got about 3 or 4 different TVs running from one cable line.
When they replaced the cable lines next to our house the cable guy came in and installed a good splitter and put new ends on the coaxial cables so we have a great signal to every TV.

Haven't been thrown in jail yet